Hello! I hope all of you in the U.S. had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Because of the holiday, news is rather light this week, but we’ve got a few things to discuss . . .
Downton Abbey has been renewed for season four. Yay!
Starz has canceled Boss.
Big news: Chevy Chase is leaving Community.
Hugh Laurie may be returning to TV. As Blackbeard. So.
How I Met Your Mother is having its first hour-long holiday episode, on December 17.
CBS is planning a two-part CSI/CSI: NY crossover.
BBC One has ordered a six-episode cop drama, By Any Means. And BBC Three has an assisted suicide sitcom.
In development:
ABC has a sibling comedy and a comedy about a child and retired parents.
FOX has a pot legalization comedy.
NBC has a family comedy.
Amanda Setton is leaving The Mindy Project, while Anna Camp has been bumped to recurring.
Guest stars!
The Big C: Brian Dennehy
Graceland: Mia Kirshner
Hannibal: Anna Chlumsky
The Mindy Project: Ellie Kemper
New Girl: Dennis Farina
The Vampire Diaries: Charlie Bewley, Camille Guaty
Casting:
The Client List: Michael Beach
Hot Mess: Johnny Pacar
House of Lies: Bess Armstrong
Stalkers: Lela Loren
The Walking Dead: Chad Coleman
(Image courtesy of ITV.)
